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Contributing Firm Spotlight: Blaylock Robert Van, LLC
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Web site: http://www.brv-llc.com
Deric Bagarozza is Senior Vice President, Institutional Equities for Blaylock Robert Van, LLC. He is the Head of the Equity Trading Desk in the firm’s New York office, responsible for executing institutional trades.
“First Coverage has been a tremendous vehicle for me to introduce myself and my firm to a large segment of the buy-side community that would be otherwise difficult to engage.”, says Bagarozza. “It has been the ideal platform to distribute the ideas generated from our research product, ELROI, that synthesizes fundamental, technical and quantitative analysis into short and long-term recommendations and price targets for over 4000 U.S stocks and ADRs on a daily basis. We are very pleased with the acceptance of our ideas on the platform.”
About Deric Bagarozza
Mr. Bagarozza began his career in equities on the floor of the NYSE in 1998 with Direct Brokerage Inc., a direct access execution firm which dealt exclusively with buy side institutions. After six years of steady performance, reaching the title of Head Sales Assistant, Mr. Bagarozza was recruited by Lehman Brothers, in March of 2004 to play an integral role at Lehman Direct on the floor of the NYSE. In May of 2007, after three successful years as a sales trader for Lehman Direct, Mr. Bagarozza chose to take his sales talents to BGC Partners, Inc. to better serve his customer base. He joined Blaylock Robert Van in January 2009 as a Senior Equity Trader and assumed the role of Head of the New York desk in September 2009.
ABOUT BLAYLOCK ROBERT VAN, LLC
Blaylock Robert Van LLC is a leading minority-owned investment banking boutique offering innovative sales and trading, capital markets underwriting, and proprietary equity research. The firm's mission hinges upon a single-minded focus on understanding and delivering financial services of the highest quality. Blaylock Robert Van LLC provides asset managers with global electronic equity trading capabilities and access to more than 40 worldwide exchanges and provides institutional research through its proprietary platform ELROI - The Electronic Analyst®, a web-based research tool for stock selection and constructing and testing portfolio strategies. Based in Oakland, CA and New York, NY BRV also has offices in Chicago, Los Angeles and Cleveland. The firm is a member of FINRA, MSRB and SIPC. For more information, visit www.brv-llc.com.